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Intergraph Smart 3D Piping

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Smart 3D Version
11 (2016)
SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10

Changes options for taps placed in the model.

Option

Displays a list of available tap sizes that you can place in the selected component. The software generates this list based on the pipe specification of the component on which you inserted the tap. See Pipe Specification in the Piping Reference Data Help.

Distance

Specify the distance along the component between the tap and the specified reference position on the component.

If Orientation is set to perpendicular (Radial), the Distance is the length along the port vector measured from the port position into the part, and Rotation is the angle from the y-axis of the selected port.

If Orientation is set to parallel (Axial), the Distance is the radius measured from the port position, and Rotation is the angle from the y-axis of the selected port.

Orientation

Defines whether the tap direction is perpendicular (Radial) () or parallel (Axial) () to the vector of the part port selected as the reference position. This option is available only when you select an end feature (cap, blind flange, and so forth) or a turn feature (such as an elbow) as the component. For straight pipes and tubes, and the straight sections of a pipe bend, the orientation is always set to perpendicular. For pipe bends, the tap is always placed perpendicular to the flow direction throughout the turn.

A - Perpendicular (Radial)

B - Parallel (Axial)

Reference position

Specifies the port on the component from which to measure the distance to the tap.

 Rotate

Select to rotate the tap about the component interactively.

Angle

Type an angle at which you want the tap to be rotated about the component.

Offset

Specifies the tap depth. Type a depth value, or select a value. The available values are multipliers of the tap outer diameter, D.:

  • <Calculated Offset> - The minimum offset, based on the tap outer diameter and the surface geometry of the tapped feature.

  • 1D

  • 1.5D

  • 2D